Monthly Archives: July 2025

“American values” was once shorthand for the animating ideals of liberal democracy. Now it’s become politicized. As we celebrate July 4, Jews must lead the way in reclaiming an idea that is meant to unite us, not divide us

JEWISH JOURNAL Why Jews Must Reclaim American Values David Bernstein July 2, 2025 Antisemitism is not a parochial grievance — it’s a societal warning sign and a civic emergency. It signals a breakdown of pluralism, law, and tolerance. Jewish advocacy … Continue reading

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All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026

JPOST IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft Yonah Jeremy Bob July 6, 2025 The army on Sunday started summoning all 54,000 remaining eligible haredim for IDF service in the largest ever coordinated mass … Continue reading

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“The arrests of the Jews, who reportedly include several rabbis, appear to be part of a crackdown in which more than 700 people have been taken in since June 13, when Israel initiated its attacks on Iran”

JTA 24 Iranian Jews remain in prison as government launches internal crackdown Larry Cohler-Esses June 30, 2025 Twenty-four members of the Jewish community in Tehran and Shiraz remain in prison as of Sunday after being arrested along with hundreds of … Continue reading

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Secretary of State Rubio: The UN special rapporteur’s “campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated”

JNS Trump admin sanctions Albanese for spewing ‘unabashed antisemitism,’ supporting terrorism Mike Wagenheim July 9, 2025 The U.S. State Department announced that it is sanctioning Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on Palestinian territories, under an executive order that states those who engage … Continue reading

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Kamala Harris aide urged her to more vocally call out the far-left elements of her party to win the election

JEWISH INSIDER Harris overlooked advice to more strongly tout support for Israel, according to new book Gabby Deutch July 8, 2025 In the closing weeks of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential run last year, her campaign solicited guidance on … Continue reading

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Former FIDF employees, lay leaders tell eJP that the board chair has effectively taken over the organization since the Oct. 7 attacks, creating a ‘poisonous’ work environment

JTA Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse and toxic culture Asaf Elia-Shalev July 8, 2025 An American charity that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars by promising to meet the emergency needs of … Continue reading

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Heard in Jerusalem: “Hasbara” has become something resembling a dirty word

JERUSALEM STRATEGIC TRIBUNE In Israel, A Public Diplomacy Pivot Ilan Berman July 7, 2025 …Belatedly, Israeli authorities have concluded that an overhaul of their messaging is in order. Officials in Jerusalem now increasingly refer to waging a “war of knowledge” … Continue reading

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This is the Briton we should be talking about – not the sozzled, moneyed brats of Glastonbury who got a sick thrill from chanting ‘Death, death to the IDF’, but this fresh-faced warrior against Islamofascism

QUAERENS BLOG Forget the bigots of Glastonbury – it’s the heroic IDF soldier, Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, we should be talking about. Brendan O’Neill July 1, 2025 The name we should remember from this weekend is not Bob Vylan. Or Pascal … Continue reading

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Mossad initiated a targeted disinformation effort days before the Iran strike. Using falsified communications through Iranian channels, they triggered what appeared to be an emergency meeting.

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Israeli secret services ‘used fake phone call’ to lure Iran’s air force elite to their deaths June 17, 2025 Israel secret services used a fake phone call to trick the top commanders of Iran’s air force into … Continue reading

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Horovitz: Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. But unlike Gaza 2023, Israel had been watching

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself David Horovitz June 30, 2025 The Iranian regime was increasingly convinced in recent months that it would … Continue reading

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